Yep, I’m Late to the crypto mining game, but here I am. I barely have any good GPUs, in a time where you need LOTS, but still, HERE I AM.
Since my gaming rig sits unused 99.9% of the time, I opted to use that box and its GPU.
So far it looks like, if I run it 99% load, 24hours, I can mine about 5$ in BTC a day.
Will need to back that down to < 99%
Will need to find some additional GPUs, I’m currently using a single Radeon RX5700XT, so I might start with a 2nd one to see where it goes. If I can mine 150$ a month per card, and a card is 400$, 90 days and I’ll be good.
I’ve run my DMR repeater for quite some time using vertically separated antennas, which works, but not very well, finally got a set of these so I can have a little better range.
Midland Land Mobile Model and Features Table
The Syntech I (AKA Syntech 1 or ST1) uses a “Z-273” module to hold the codeplug in a UV-erased PROM – i.e. the frequency and tone information. Changing anything requires erasing the PROM chip under a UV light and then reprogramming it with the 70-1000 stand-alone programmer, or the 70-1000c programmer which uses a PC to reprogram the eprom module. The Syntech II (AKA Syntech 2 or ST2) and XTR have a programming connector for programming by a PC using the the 70-1308A cable. The ST1s were made in the early 1980s… the XTR was the transition model between the I and the II, it and the ST2s came out in very late 80s/early 90s. The STI control head has blue pushbuttons, the ST2 head has white buttons. The newest models are the Bantam and Titan models. The Bantam radios are the smallest, programmed through the RJ-45 microphone connector with the 70-1309 programmer in line between the radio and a PC serial port. The Titan models are their current production units. The Securicor radios are Titans that were manufactured during the time Midland was owned by Securicor (Midland is now back under its own name).
Model Type Split Power Channel
Count Comments
Syntech I & 8 Channel
70-336 ST-1 150-174 35 watts 8 dash mount VHF
70-526 ST-1 470-470 25 watt 8 dash mount UHF
70-343* ST-1 150-174 20-40 watt 80 Marine use, dash mount
70-443* ST-1 150-174 20-40 watt 80 Marine use, trunk mount
70-343A* ST-1 150-174 1-25 watt 80 Marine use, dash mount
70-443A* ST-1 150-174 1-25 watt 80 Marine use, trunk mount
* These are type accepted for off shore and harbor use
70-050 ST-1 30-50 50 watt 80 Dash Mount low band
70-055 ST-1 30-50 50 watt 80 trunk mount low band
70-052 ST-1 30-50 50 watt 80 Dash Mount low band
70-056 ST-1 30-50 110 watt 80 trunk mount low band
“A”=29-37 MHz, “B”=35-44 MHz, “C”=40-54 MHz
70-066 ST1 66-80 MHz 40 watt 80 Dash Mount mid band
70-076 ST1 66-80 MHz 40 watt 80 Trunk Mount mid band
“A”=66-80 MHz, “B”=75-88 MHz
70-340 ST-1 136-174 40 watt 80 dash mount VHF
70-440 ST-1 136-174 40 watt 80 trunk mount VHF
70-342XL ST-1 136-174 40 watt 80 dash mount wide band VHF
70-442XL ST-1 136-174 40 watt 80 trunk mount wide band VHF
70-380 ST-1 136-174 80 watt 80 dash mount VHF
70-480 ST-1 136-174 80 watt 80 trunk mount VHF
70-382B ST-1 136-174 80 watt 80 dash mount wideband VHF*
70-482B ST-1 136-174 80 watt 80 trunk mount wideband VHF*
70-385 ST-1 136-174 110 watt 80 dash mount VHF
70-485 ST-1 136-174 110 watt 80 trunk mount VHF
“A”=136-156 MHz, “B”=148-174 MHz
The 70-382 and 70-482 radios are noted as “B” models because they were not available in A range.
XTR & 8 Channel
70-0351A XTR 30-36 60 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0351B XTR 36-42 60 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0351C XTR 42-50 60 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0355A XTR 30-36 60 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-0355B XTR 36-42 60 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-0355C XTR 42-50 60 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-0371A XTR 30-36 110 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0371B XTR 36-42 110 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0371B XTR 36-42 110 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0371C XTR 42-50 110 W 22 Dash Mount
70-0375A XTR 30-36 110 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-0375B XTR 36-42 110 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-0375C XTR 42-50 110 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1066A 66-77 30 W 8 Dash Mount
70-1066B 77-88 30 W 8 Dash Mount
70-1070A XTR 66-77 40 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1070B XTR 77-88 40 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1075A XTR 66-77 40 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1075B XTR 77-88 40 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1336A 136-160 25W 8 Dash Mount
70-1336B 150-174 30 W 8 Dash Mount
70-1340A XTR 136-160 40 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1340B XTR 150-174 40 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1342A XTR 136-162 40 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1342B XTR 148-174 40 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1395A XTR 136-160 110 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1395B XTR 150-174 110 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1440A XTR 136-160 40 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1440B XTR 150-160 40 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1442A XTR 136-162 40 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1442B XTR 148-174 40 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1495A XTR 136-160 110 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1495B XTR 150-174 110 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1526A 403-430 25W 8 Dash Mount
70-1526B 450-470 25W 8 Dash Mount
70-1530A XTR 403-430 30 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1530B XTR 450-470 30 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1530C XTR 470-500 30 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1530D XTR 490-520 30 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1532A XTR 403-430 30 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1532B XTR 450-470 30 W 22 Dash Mount
70-1595A XTR 403-430 100W 22 Dash Mount
70-1595B XTR 450-470 100W 22 Dash Mount
70-1630A XTR 403-430 30 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1630B XTR 450-470 30 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1630C XTR 470-500 30 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1630D XTR 490-520 30 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1632A XTR 403-430 30 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1632B XTR 450-470 30 W 22 Trunk Mount
70-1695A XTR 403-430 100W 22 Dash Mount
70-1695B XTR 450-470 100W 22 Dash Mount
70-9020 806-870 15W 200 LTR Trunked
70-9160 XTR 806-870 35W 22 Conventional
70-9170 806-870 15W 8 Conventional
70-9170 806-870 5W 8 Conventional
70-9180 XTR 806-870 35W 22 Conventional
Syntech 2 Low Band
70-0501 ST-2 30-54 50watt 320 dash mount
70-0502 ST-2 30-54 50watt 320 dash mount w/deluxe head
70-0551 ST-2 30-54 50watt 320 trunk mount
70-0552 ST-2 30-54 50watt 320 trunk mount w/deluxe head
70-0557 ST-2 30-54 50watt 320 trunk mount w/small head
70-0521 ST-2 30-54 110watt 320 dash mount
70-0522 ST-2 30-54 110watt 320 dash mount w/deluxe head
70-0561 ST-2 30-54 110watt 320 trunk mount
70-0562 ST-2 30-54 110watt 320 trunk mount w/deluxe head
70-0567 ST-2 30-54 110watt 320 trunk mount w/small head
“A”=30-36 MHz, “B”=36-42 MHz, “C”=42-50 MHz
CWB indicates 11 MHz T & R
The deluxe head has an LCD display
Syntech 2 VHF (wideband, 24 MHz)
70-3421 ST-2 136-174 40 watt 320 dash mount
70-3422 ST-2 136-174 40 watt 320 dash mount deluxe head
70-4421 ST-2 136-174 40 watt 320 trunk mount
70-4422 ST-2 136-174 40 watt 320 trunk mount deluxe head
70-4427 ST-2 136-174 40 watt 320 trunk mount small head
70-3851 ST-2 136-174 110watt 320 dash mount
70-3852 ST-2 136-174 110watt 320 dash mount deluxe head
70-4851 ST-2 136-174 110watt 320 trunk mount
70-4852 ST-2 136-174 110watt 320 trunk mount deluxe head
70-4857 ST-2 136-174 110 watt 320 trunk mount small head
“A”=136-160 MHz, “B”=150-174 MHz
Syntech 2 UHF
70-5301 ST-2 406-470 30 watt 320 dash mount wideband 24 MHz T & R
70-5302 ST-2 406-470 30 watt 320 dash mount wideband 24 MHz T & R, deluxe head
70-6301 ST-2 406-470 30 watt 320 trunk mount wideband
70-6302 ST-2 406-470 30 watt 320 trunk mount wideband, deluxe head
70-6307 ST-2 406-470 30 watt 320 trunk mount wideband, small head
“A”=406-430 MHz, “B”=450-470 MHz
1. 9mm- Winchester also has a military contract
2. .40 S&W- Number one LEO round
3. .38 Special- I found this surprising
4. .45ACP
5. .380ACP
6. .357 Sig
I’m walking through the back yard, and I find this 16 Meg memory stick, laying in the dirt. I pick it up, and plug it into a card reader. It shows as blank, but using some recovery software, I find 8 pics. Boring pics, but still amusing. A small window into the lives of those that lived in this house before me.
Some of you will get a laugh out of this. Looking back through emails from the past, I stumbled upon an email that we all got a laugh about… One of the early on hires at Voxeo, didn’t really fit in with our corporate culture, and he was sure everything we were doing was wrong. Finally, we were freed from him, and this is a personal email he sent to myself, the CEO, and another employee. Good stuff. We had about 1/2 day of laugh from this one. Those that know him, will laugh remembering.
From SMFeiner@aol.com
To rob@robpatton.com
Dear Rob. You are most welcome. As I do not remember uttering any kind words to your face, but only civil, professional interaction, always with tension and undisguised mistrust.
In any event, there is truly justice in the universe and people eventually do get what they deserve. Running a business is not a social event, as will continue to be evident. Anyway, with luck our paths will not cross again.
And I do agree Carlos is GOLD!
Mark
He went on publicly to talk about how Voxeo would be out of business in 3 months, and he would get the last laugh. Well, its been 7 years and 3 months. He must have meant 8 years and 3 months. That must be it.
